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Abigail DeVille

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Artists Examine the Troubling Histories of Medical Abuse and Human Experimentation

by Dominic DeLuque June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Baneful Medicine looks to the past, but offers an opportunity to ponder bodily autonomy, informed consent, and medical practice in the present.

Posted inArt

Willie Cole, Shinique Smith, and Abigail DeVille Discuss Found Material in African-American Art

Avatar photo by Deena ElGenaidi May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Artists come together to discuss Nari Ward’s repurposed objects as a reflection of place, culture, and identity.

Posted inArt

An Exhibition that Frustrates Our Grasp of Abstraction

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney August 2, 2018August 3, 2018

Though Out of Easy Reach has a unifying theme, it presents a variety of tastes and approaches in a way that feels like ungainly curation which ultimately does not clarify how these women artists now steer the conversation about abstraction.

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LA’s New Contemporary Art Museum Celebrates a Flexible, Collectionless Model

by Matt Stromberg September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, located in a converted clothing factory on the edge of the Arts District, officially opens on September 9.

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The Many Lives and Losses of the Western Hemisphere’s Oldest Museum

by Alex Ebstein June 10, 2016June 12, 2016

BALTIMORE — Most contemporary art museums operate in service of the art they exhibit, the setting playing a secondary role to artists’ intentions.

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A Los Angeles Mega-Gallery Opens with Museum Ambitions

by Matt Stromberg March 11, 2016March 14, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, the local outpost of mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth, will open its massive hybrid art space to the public on Sunday.

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Art that Acknowledges Death Without Showing the Body

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 28, 2015December 28, 2015

Every autumn in New York, leaves fall, grass turns brittle, and people are reminded of death.

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The Art of Accumulation at a New Orleans Shrine to the Plague Saint

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 3, 2015June 7, 2015

The act of accumulating objects is one of our oldest forms of visual expression.

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Best of 2014: Our Top 10 Exhibitions Across the United States

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 26, 2014May 17, 2017

This list gives you a sense of some of the best this year across the United States.

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Washington, DC, Becomes a Playground of Public Art

by Jillian Steinhauer October 13, 2014October 17, 2014

One week ago, an installation by artist Abigail DeVille was dismantled in Washington, DC. “The New Migration” was a collection of materials gathered by DeVille during a road trip from DC to Jacksonville, Florida, retracing and reversing the steps of a popular route taken by African Americans fleeing the South during the Great Migration.

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What a Teenager’s Backpack Tells Us About Art

by Alicia Eler May 31, 2013August 14, 2013

CHICAGO — Amanda Ross-Ho recreated a soft-sculpture replica of an anonymous teen-girl’s backpack, blowing it up to 400% of its original size.

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